The Environments Project

The Environments Project is an ongoing effort to foment the bridging of academic communities, as well as the enactment of new methodologies centering on collaboration. By inviting students throughout the university, and having them work with prominent theatrical artists, Environments allows the participant to apply their own intellectual observations to set the framework for a unique performance piece. The first installment of The Environments Project took place in November of 2012, connecting students from many departments--Theatre, Music, English, History, Journalism, Political Science--with professionals in the world of devised performance.

Funded by a grant from Stony Brook’s FAHSS (Faculty in the Arts, Humanities and lettered Social Sciences), and developed by Theatre Arts faculty Stephanie Walter and Valerie Clayman Pye, students involved in the first installment participated in a week-long workshop-in-residence. The concept for the project took its inspiration from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and sought to create “brave new worlds”. Working alongside professionals such as composer John Moran, playwright Ken Weitzman, and choreographer Adrienne Kapstein, the ensemble's creation aligned with the Department of Theatre Arts’ focus on developing new modes of performance and incorporating non-traditional paradigms. Environments strives to engage with the 21st century audience - pushing past traditional barriers in hopes of creating work that allows audience members to rethink the rules of theatre.

Tentative plans for the following installment of the Project are slated for January of 2014.

Funded by a grant from Stony Brook’s FAHSS (Faculty in the Arts, Humanities and lettered Social Sciences), and developed by Theatre Arts faculty Stephanie Walter and Valerie Clayman Pye, students will participate in a week-long workshop-in-residence from November 30 - December 8, 2012. This accelerated program aligns with the Department of Theatre Arts’ focus on developing new modes of performance by providing resources that encourage the integration of multiple creative disciplines in non-traditional paradigms in which students from different backgrounds and disciplines bring their expertise, their scholarly language and their world to the theatre department. - See more at: http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/SBU_Commissions_Original_Work_with_Prolific_Theatrical_Triumvirate_for_Staller_Off_Center_Performance.shtml#sthash.6Jdw1FuK.dpuf

Funded by a grant from Stony Brook’s FAHSS (Faculty in the Arts, Humanities and lettered Social Sciences), and developed by Theatre Arts faculty Stephanie Walter and Valerie Clayman Pye, students will participate in a week-long workshop-in-residence from November 30 - December 8, 2012. This accelerated program aligns with the Department of Theatre Arts’ focus on developing new modes of performance by providing resources that encourage the integration of multiple creative disciplines in non-traditional paradigms in which students from different backgrounds and disciplines bring their expertise, their scholarly language and their world to the theatre department. - See more at: http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/SBU_Commissions_Original_Work_with_Prolific_Theatrical_Triumvirate_for_Staller_Off_Center_Performance.shtml#sthash.6Jdw1FuK.dpuf

Coming up:

Register now for some exciting Spring 2017 courses.

Professor Patrice Nganang (Comp Lit, German lit specialist) will be giving a talk about the play on Wed., Nov. 9th between 1-2 in Theatre 3 of the Staller Center.